Step into a home with period features and a dramatic past - King William IV’s eldest son lived and died in the house

Whether his father bought the house is uncertain, but King William IV’s eldest
son, George FitzClarence, certainly lived and died in this beautiful Regency
house on the corner of Eaton Square in Belgravia.

FitzClarence was the eldest of ten children born of King William’s 20-year
relationship with Dorothea Bland, an actress. This was not a clandestine
affair: he grew up with his nine brothers and sisters in Bushy House — a
gift to his father and mother from his grandfather, King George III. His
illegitimacy was not a concern, until his father ascended the throne. But
had FitzClarence’s parents married he